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Vital Work explores the connection between how we live, how we work, and how we perform. Each episode, New York Times bestselling author and physician Dr. Partha Nandi sits down with leaders, experts, innovators, and changemakers to uncover what helps people think more clearly, lead more effectively, and build lives and careers that last.

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EPISODE 04
August 25, 2026
Guest Name: Kali Nandi
What the research says about eating for steady focus through a long working day.

The premise

Work is human.

And human performance starts with biology.

We’ve been taught to treat energy, focus, stress, sleep, health, leadership, and performance as separate problems. They’re not.

Your brain and body come to work with you every day. Vital Work looks beneath the surface of performance to explore the biology, behaviors, environments, and relationships that shape how we show up.

No hustle culture. No quick fixes. Just meaningful conversations about how people can work better without sacrificing themselves in the process.

Science · Leadership · Health · Human performance

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Episode 4
Episode 04
Energy & nutrition

Fueling a demanding mind

Kali Nandi
What the research says about eating for steady focus through a long working day.
Episode 3
Episode 03
Sleep & recovery

The hours that decide your day

Dr. Nandi
Sleep as a performance input rather than a reward for finishing the work.
episode 02
Episode 02
Performance science

The Leader as an Environment

Dr. Partha Nandi
How a leader’s habits set the physiological baseline for everyone in the room.
Epsode 01
Episode 01
Performance science

Why high performers burn out—and what actually prevents it

Dr. Partha Nandi
What sustained stress does to attention and judgment — and the recovery habits that protect both.

What we explore

The conversations we need to be having

Vital Work goes beyond productivity hacks to ask bigger questions.

Sustainability

What does it really take to build a successful life that is sustainable?

Leadership

What can leaders change to build healthier, higher-performing teams?

Environment

Why do some workplaces help people thrive while others quietly drain them?

The Inputs

How do sleep, movement, nutrition, purpose, and relationships affect performance?

Stress & Cognition

What does chronic stress actually do to our ability to think and lead?

Burnout

Why are so many successful people exhausted?

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Dr. Partha Nandi

Physician. New York Times bestselling author. Health correspondent. Speaker.

Dr. Partha Nandi has spent his career helping people understand that health isn’t separate from the rest of life. It shapes how we think, connect, lead, and perform.

As a practicing physician, health correspondent, author, and organizational health expert, Dr. Nandi brings science out of the clinic and into the places where people actually live and work.

On Vital Work, he brings that perspective into candid conversations with people who are changing how we think about health, leadership, work, and human performance.

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Bestselling author

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Countries reached

The book

Great work shouldn’t cost you your health.

The podcast is just the beginning.

Dr. Nandi’s upcoming book, Vital Work: How Your Biology Shapes the Way You Think, Lead, and Perform, reveals the science behind sustainable performance and a practical framework for changing the way we work.

Coming April 2027

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